01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- New
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 21 October 2025
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- Not supplied – Not supplied
- Latest income
- Not supplied
- Latest expenditure
- Not supplied
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: 4 PEARSON GROVE, ALSTON GRANGE, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX, CM1 7FE
Website recorded by the regulator: www.essextherapydogs.co.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Essex Therapy Dogs charitable objectives aim to help people who are in need by reason of their youth, age, disability, both physical and mental ill health, or other social and economic disadvantage, particularly but not exclusively, by the provision of therapy dogs to visit schools, nursing homes, hospitals, hospices and other similar institutions, across Essex.
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Essex
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 202
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Elderly/old People
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- Classification Code
- 203
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People With Disabilities
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 101
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- General Charitable Purposes
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- ESSEX THERAPY DOGS
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2025-10-21T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 21 Oct 2025
- Charitable Objects
- TO RELIEVE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, DISABILITY, BOTH PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ILL HEALTH, OR OTHER SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE, PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY THE PROVISION OF THERAPY DOGS TO VISIT SCHOOLS, NURSING HOMES, HOSPITALS, HOSPICES AND OTHER SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS, SUCH AS, EMERGENCY SERVICES ACROSS ESSEX.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].
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Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 708040
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- Essex Therapy Dogs CIO
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures